Welt-cutting machine.



, PATEN'I'ED MAY 19,1903. W. B. ARNOLD. WELT CUTTING MACHINE. APPLIOATIOH IILED DEO. 7, 1901.

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Patented May 19, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM B. ARNOLD, OF 'NORTH ABINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

WELT-CUTTING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Lettersilatent No. 728,532, dated May 19, 1903. Application filed December 7, 1 901 Serial No; 85,005. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: i' Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. ARNOLD, a

' citizen of the United States, residing at North Abington, county of Plymouth, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in- Welt-Cutting Machines, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawings representing like parts.

My invention is a machine intended, primarily, for cutting a kind of welt-strips disclosed in my Patent No. 674,831, granted May 21, 1901. I

The particnlarembodimentof my invention herein shown and more definitely set forth in the following description is adapted to cut the rectangular serrations down the middle of a wide strip for severing the same into two welt-strips.

Leather is a peculiarand difficnlt substance to sever with rapidity and accuracy, inas muchas the fiber is tenacious and yielding, so that a clean angular cut located precisely as required is hard to make. I have found that it is impracticable to form the angular serrations by an angularly-shaped cuttingdie operating upon the leather laid out on a I block or table, and accordingly after much experimenting I have devised the herein-described machine, which handles and operates upon the leather in such special manner that the welt is cut with precision and rapidity, all the teeth thereof being clean cut, uniform in size and shape, and the machine can be run indefinitely at full speed without appreciable dulling of the knives, making false cuts, or requiring special attention.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention, as herein shown, I have two knives arranged to operate in contact with each other at the pointwhere the angular cut is to be made, each knife makinga straight clean incision, one of the incisions terminating at or against the other and the angularity of the resulting tooth of the welt depending upon the angular position of one blade against the other. These cooperating blades enter the leather held taut and on a slant byintermittingly-acting clamping devices at the opposite sides of the knives, the leather being fed during the upward movement of the cutting mechanismfand also for the particular form of -welting herein illustrated I prefer to make the knife which cuts the ends of the teeth movable from side to side, so that alternate cuts are in line with each other and successive cuts parallel toeach other.

One reason Why the problem of cutting myweltingis difficult is because the incisions are not, only made transversely of the thickness of the leather or across the grain thereof, but the cuts must be simply incisions without removing any leather, or, in other words, holes are not cut in the leather or openings made; but for perfect Work there is simply a continuous incision on a zigzag line directly in the body of the leather, and inasmnchas both strips of the severed ,leather constitute finished and identical welts the incisions must must be'equally clean cut on both sides and at the corners, as 'well aselsewhere.

I am aware thatthere are machines for cutting fibers and metal and also for punching holes from leather and notching or otherwise cutting into the edge of leather; but in none of these instances are the problems presented or the difficulties met with which it is the purpose of my invention to solve.

I believe that I am the first to invent a machine for cutting a welt-strip, of the kind above explained, and I intend this patent to cover", broadly, a machine for doing the work as above outlined, and therefore certain of the appended claims define the invention accordingly. I

In the drawings, Figure l is a viewin front elevation of one embodiment of my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof viewing the same from the left hand, parts being broken away for purposes of illustration. Fig. 3 is a transverse horizontal sectional detail taken on the line 3, Fig. 1.v Fig, 4 is a perspective detailofafragment ofthereciprocating knifecarrier and connected parts. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view in perspective of the lower ends of the two cutting-knives. Figs. 6 and 7 are cross-sectional views of said knives, showing the same in two positions. Fig. 8 is-a vertical sectional View taken on the line 8, Fig. 2, showing details of the feeding mechanism in rear be equally perfect on both sides, and thus view on the line 9, Fig. 1.

elevation. Fig. 9 is a transverse sectional Fig. 10 is a plan view of a fragment of welting, illustrating certain ways in which it may be cut by the machine herein illustrated. Fig. 11 is an inner edge view of one of the severed welt-strips. Fig. 12 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 12, Fig. 1. Fig. 13 is a cross-sectional view showing in rear elevation the clamping mechanism for holding the welt unyieldingly when attacked by the cutting-knives.

As already intimated, my invention is capable of a variety of embodiments, all, however, operating on the principle and substantially in the manner of the machine which I have herein shown for the purpose of explaining the invention.

Thespecial weltwhichthismachinecutsconsistsofastriporribbon'likebodypartprovided along one edge with thinnedout portions, leaving separated teeth extending slantingly, as shown in Fig. 11, alongthe edge, and, as herein shown, said teeth are rectangular or provided with blunt ends when viewed in top plan, as in Fig. 10, although not restricted to this shape, and the principle upon which the machine operates is to out along the middle of a wide strip to form simultaneously two strips of welt with their teeth interlocked without removing any leather by a continuous succession of cuts transversely of the strip and alternate longitudinal cuts, first at or adjacent one end of a transverse cut on one side thereof and then at or adjacent its opposite end on the opposite side thereof, these alternate longitudinal cuts extending in each instance from one transverse cut to the next and severing the narrow neck of leather to form a welt-tooth, and although the main requirement is merely to provide means for making alternate longitudinal cuts, first adjacent one vertical edge of the transverse cutter or of a cut made thereby and the next time adjacent the opposite vertical edge of said transverse cutter or of a cut made thereby, I prefer to accomplish this by means of two knives or cutters, both of which constantly reciprocate in unison, the transverse cutter reciprocating in the same path and the longitudinal cutter shifting first adjacent one edge thereof for forming the tooth of one welt-strip and then on the next reciprocation shifting adjacent the opposite edge thereof for forming a tooth of the other welt-strip. Referring to the drawings, these cutters are shown at a a, the former being the transverse cutter or knife and the latter being the longitudinal cutter or knife for cutting, respectively, the edge incisionsaz and 11 Fig. 10, for forming the teeth .2 z of the two welt-strips w 10.

As herein shown, both of the cutters a a are reciprocated by a single cutter-carrier a having beveled edges a traveling in vertical gui'deways a, one of the latter being provided with a wear-plate (t adjustable by screwbolts a for maintaining extreme accuracy of movement.

The knife 0, is held in a dovetailed way 0. provided in a block a and held rigidly in adjustment by a clamp a, the block a being laterally adjustable on a plate a on the carrier a by means of a bolt to and slot at. The knife a is similarly held in a dovetail a (see Fig. 3) by a clamp a at the lower end of an arm a, pivoted to the carrier a at a".

The ways a are provided on a face-plate or head-block (L of a convenient frame A and is reciprocated by an eccentric pin or roll a Fig. 12, on the end of a shaft 03, mountedin bearings 0t 01 in the frame A and driven by a belt-pulley CW. The eccentric pin or roll a is provided with a slideblock a which reciprocates in a slot (1 provided in the cutter-carrier a At its upper end the arm a is held constantly against an actuator in the form of a rotary cam 0. by a spring 00 secured at one end to the arm a and at its other end to a stand a on the upper end of the carrier a and on which the cam e is mounted. For convenience the arm at has an adjustable stud a whose point engages dwells or notches e in the edge of the cam a Said cam has fixed thereon a toothed wheel a, engaged by the hooked end 0. of a yielding finger e fast at a to the head-block a. The teeth or notches of the wheel a and the dwells a of the cam e are so spaced and arranged that they automatically swing the arm 0 alternately backward and forward on successive upward movements of the cutter-carrier 6L2, so as to bring the knife a into proper position first on one side of the knife a, as shown in Fig. (5, and the next time at the opposite side or edge thereof, as shown in Fig. 7.

The strip of leather to be incised and severed is indicated at L, Fig. 1, and is preferably carried by a rotary support B, mounted on a stub b, and shown in Fig. 9 as comprisinga back block or body part b and a front plate 19 secured thereto by screws 11 The back block b is reduced at its periphery and provided with an overhanging part 6, forming a notch or annular recess 1), and opposite thereto is a similar recess 1) in the plate 12 for retaining a cutting-surface of material 12 The material b may be a strip of heavy leather or soft metal for supporting the strip L and receiving the knives a a, the leather strip being retained between the overhanging parts or flanges of the parts I) b at opposite sides of the supporting and receiving surface If, which constitute an endless guide. Said knives are arranged at one side of the work-support B, so as to approach the same obliquely at an angle corresponding to the obliquity of the teeth .2, and the surface 11 is such that it cooperates with the cutting edges of the cutters to give a sharp clean incision without dulling the cutters, being sufficiently rigid to prevent yielding of the Work to the impact of the cutters, capable of receiving the cutting edges, if necessary, without injury to said edges, and also aiding in. preventingthe welt-strip from slipping under the movement of the cutters.

It is of advantage to provide a curved support for the strip L, thereby tending to stretch the top surface of the leather or place it under tension, so that when the sharp edges of the cutters enter they are thereby aided in making a clean sharp incision.

The cut strip L is held at 12 between the support B and a feed-roll C.

, The roll 0 is mounted on a stub-shaft 0, carried by a journal-box c, movable toward and from the supportB in ways 0 in the frame A, being normally held pressed forward by a spring 0 whose pressure is regulated by a bolt 0 I I On the inner side of the roll G is secureda ratchet 0 consisting of a forked lever 0 in which is a movable jaw 0 held forward bya spring a saidlever at its inner forked end embracing the shaft 0, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 8, and at its outer slotted end adjustably receiving the lower end 0 of a link 0 provided with an elongated slot 0 at its upper end, in which is loosely mounted a stud e of an arm 0, fast on some reciprocating part of themachine, herein shown as the upper end of the knife-carrier a The lever c is normally held downwardly by a spring 0 and is limited in its downward movement by an adjustable stop 0 secured at 0 to the link c Thus it will be seen that upon each downward movement of the cutter-carrier for cutting the springs of the feeding mechanism will cause the jaw c of the lever c to move over the ratchet c for such a distance as the stop 0 permits the lever c to move downwardly, and when the cutter-carrier moves upwardly again it moves the le ver 0 in opposition to said spring 0 and rotates the feed-roll 0 forward in the direction of the arrow, thereby feeding the strip eX- actly the distance necessary for another cut.

comprising a clamping-shoe d, mounted at d on a link d", secured at the free end of a lever (i (see Figs. 1 and 13,) pivoted on a fixed stud at d and actuated at proper intervals by a cam d through an intermediate lever 66 also pivoted on the stud d and having yielding engagement by means of a spring (1 with-the opposite end of the lever d The lever 01 is also preferably provided with a lug d to be engaged by an adjustable stop d on the lever d for maintaining the parts in proper snug relation. The cam d is fast on the shaft a and, as shown in Fig. 13, has a reduced portion on its upper side'bctween the points 1 2,

of the lever d a spring d shown as secured at (Z to the bearing GP and at d to the lever d is permitted to retract the clamping-shoed, the clamping-shoe being held positively downwardly in clamping position at all other times by reason of the enlarged circumference of the cam d between the points 2 and 1 on the under side of the cam,' as shown in Fig. 13.

\Vhen the clamping device D is released, the. feeding mechanism operates, and'when the clamp D is actuated to hold the strip stationary the feed-r0110 is in stationary clamping position for the same purpose, one device clamping the leather strip tightly at one side of the cutters and the other device clamping the strip tightly at the other side of the cutters. I

When one strip has been incised or severed and another strip is to be put in place,

the roll 0 and wheel-support B are quickly separated by pulliug'upwardly on a hand-le ,ver 6, pivoted on the shaft 0 of the feeding mechanism and provided at its opposite end with a cam or wedging-head e for bearing against any convenient stationary part, as a lip 0, thereby moving the roll O'back against the action of the spring 0 and as this occurs at a time when the shoe d is in raised position it will be evident that a new strip Loan be placed instantly. This is of considerable importance in a machine of this character,

where it is frequently required to cut relatively short strips.

The edges of the cutters a, a rest against each other at the corner where they meet, and to prevent any possibility of their springing slightly I provide a studa (see Figs. 1 and 3,) against which the lever a bears as it is shifted forward and backward, and to "accommodate different widths of knives a I make this stud eccentric, so that it may be turned one way or the other to permit the arm a to be moved correspondingly according to the width of the blade a being used, the pivotal supporta of the lever a being during the travel of which over a cam-roll d adjustably held to permit the same movement by a taper screw 0, Fig. 12.

I have already referred to the operation,

and it will therefore be sufficient briefly to recapitulate as follows: The wide strip of leather L having been inserted in the machine and the latter set in motion, the cutter-carrier descends, the clamp D meanwhile having cooperated with the clamping opera- 7 tion of the roll 0 to hold the work and its support rigidly at opposite sides of the. cutters, and the two knives a a cut through the middle of the strip L, making an incision a: and a connecting-incision 'y slantingly or obliquely, said incisions being sharp and clean, due to the thinness of the cuttingblades, the angular position of the leather, its rigid support and taut condition, the cutreceiving surface, or top of the strip, being held under more or less tension by reason of its curved position, so that the knives can cut to the very best advantage for making a clean incision. One out having been made, the further rotation of the driving shaft causes the cutters to rise from the leather, and as soon as the pin 0 of the arm 0 has reached the upper end of the slot 0 the feeding mechanism is thereby caused to feed the strip forward for precisely the width of one tooth z, the clamping device D having at the same time been released, so as to permit the feeding of the leather. The leather, however, cannot get out of position to the slightest degree, because it is held by the curved shoe din the cavity between the lip 19 and the opposite edge of the plate b and also because of the surface I) cooperating with the curved shoe d it is held taut while being pulled around by the feeding mechanism. As the cuttter-carrier rises the cam a is antomatically turned in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 2, thereby shifting the longitudinal cutter a outwardly adjacent the outer vertical edge of the knife a. The knives or cutters next descend upon the strip, which is then clamped again rigidly and unyieldingly at each side of the knives. As the knives are set at an angle to each other and against each other, they mutually support each other and may be made very thin. On this descending cut a second transverse out w is made at the distance of the width of one tooth z from theprevious cut 00, and a second longitudinal cuty is made, but not in line with the previous cut y, the second out being made at the opposite end of the transverse cut, thereby forming a second toothz against the previous tooth a, but extending from theother welt-strip. This will be plain upon referring to Fig. 10. At the right end of said figure I have indicated the welts w w as having long teeth,

whereas at the left of said figure the teeth are indicated as shorter, and it will be understood that any length of teeth may be made simply by varying the throw of the cutter, and other changes may be made in the shape of the teeth, for example, by changing the relative angular position of the cutting-blad es to each other or the relative length of the teeth by moving the pin at out or in, while the width of the teeth is changed by the adjustment of the stop 0 (the size of the cutting-blade a being changed also.)

I have not undertaken to indicate all the capabilities of my invention or all the details of operation thereof, but have pointed out the salient features.

The primary object of myinvention is the provision of means for simultaneously cutting two welts by connected incisions down the middle of a wide strip. The plan of operation in this form of the machine Where the cutters reciprocate is to have the transverse cuts made in succession one in front of the other in the same path or alinement and to have the longitudinal cuts out of successive alinement with each other, said longitudinal cuts when square or blunt ended teeth are made being formed one at one end of one transverse cut and the next at the opposite end of the next transverse cut, the longitudinal cuts being made alternately at the opposite sides of the zigzag line of incision, and by giving the knife a a lateral movement from one side to the other the cutting at both sides is accomplished by one knife, although I do not limit myself to this preferred embodiment, a single movable knife being preferable, however, to two knives.

The Welt, which it is the principal object of my invention to produce, requires that the incision shall extend obliquely to the plane of the welt, as shown in Fig. 11, and prefer ably, therefore, the work-support is arranged to bring the work on a slant beneath the cutters, as described, although I wish it understood that my invention is not limited to producing this particular form of welt either as to the shape or obliqueness of the teeth, excepting as otherwise required by certain claims. I

I prefer to make the feeding device 0 and the work-support B both move, as indicated by the two arrows, Fig. 1, and to provide a drag or brake upon the strip L, causing the feeding mechanism to pull the welt-strip along against restraint, so that it is always taut and cannot shift or yield its position, the clamp D acting as the brake or restraining device in this instance and constituting means cooperating with the feeding mechanism for holding back the strip against the pull of the latter, and yet as the two surfaces B 0 move simultaneously it is impossible that the welt can slip or any inaccuracy in feed take place, and as the welt is bent around over the curved support and is tightly clamped on both sides of the cutter just before the cutters touch the leather extreme precision, as well as delicacy of cut, result.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a machine of the kind described, means for supporting a strip of leather to be severed into two welt-strips, means for feeding said leather strip step by step, cutting mechanism for ineising said strip along its middle, said mechanism including means for cutting, obliquely to the plane of the strip, interlocking teeth on the opposite Welt-strips in the severing thereof, and means for clamping said leather strip in place While being cut.

2. In a machine of the kind described,

means for supporting a strip of leather to be severed into two welt-strips, means for feedingsaid leather strip step by step, cutting mechanism for incising said strip along its middle, said mechanism including means for making successive transverse cuts in the same path or alinement along said middle, and means for making longitudinal cuts con- I necting said transverse cuts but out ofsuccessive alinement with each other, and means for clamping said leather strip in place while being cut. 7

3, In a machine of the kind described, means for supporting a strip of leather to be severed into two welt-strips, means for feeding said leather strip step by step, cutting mechanism for incising said strip along its middle, said mechanism including means for making successive transverse cuts in the same path or alinement along said middle and means for making intervening cuts at an angle to said transverse cuts, said intervening cuts extending, with relation 'to any one transverse cut, from adjacent the opposite ends thereof and serving to connect adjacent transverse cuts, and means for clamping said leather strip in place while being out.

4. In a machine of the kind described,

means for supporting a strip of leather to be severed into two welt-strips, means for feed ing said leather strip step by step, cutting mechanism for incising said strip along its middle, said mechanism including means for simultaneously making a transverse cut and a longitudinal cut extending therefrom, successive transverse cuts being in the same longitudinal path and successive longitudinal cuts being out of alinement with each other adjacent the opposite ends of the transverse cuts, and means for clamping said leather strip in place while being cut.

5. In a machine of the kind described, means for supporting a strip of leather to be severed into two welt-strips, means for feeding said leather strip step by step, cutting mechanism for severing said strip along its middle by a series of connected transverse and longitudinal incisions, said cutting and feeding mechanisms codperating to make a transverse cut with a longitudinal cut extending forward from adjacent one end thereof, and then a second transverse cut extending at one end from the. free end of said longitudinal out, with a second longitudinal cut extending forward at its other end.

6. In a machine of the kind described,

means for supporting a strip ofleather to be severed into two welt-strips, means for feeding said leather strip step by step, cutting mechanism for incising said strip along its middle, said mechanism including a transversecutter for making successive transverse cuts, an independently-movable longitudinal cutter for making longitudinal cuts connecting said transverse cuts, and means for shifting said longitudinal cutter laterally of the strip for making its successive cuts out of alinement with each other.

7. A machine for making a welt, with one edge thin in stock transversely by being cut away ,to leave overlapping teeth separated by intervening spaces, comprising a worksupport, feeding mechanism for feeding the welt-strip, and teeth-cutting mechanism for cutting overlapping teeth at one edge of a welt-strip, and including means for cutting away the intervening leather between the overlapping edges of adjacent teeth.

8; In a machine of the kind described, means for supporting a welt-strip to be cut, means for holding said welt-strip, and cut ting mechanism, including cutting-knives, held angularly against and mutually supporting each other, to make an angular incision. V

9. In a machine of the kind described, means for supporting a welt-strip to be cut, means for holding said welt-strip, cutting mechanism, including cutting-knives, held angularly against and mutually supporting each other, to make an angular incision, and means for adjusting one of said knives toward and from the other.

10. In a machine of the kind described, means for supporting a welt-strip to be out,

means for holding said welt-strip, cutting mechanism, a reciprocating carrier, a knifeblock and knife secured thereto, a second knife and arm carrying the same to cooperate with said first-mentioned knife, and means for moving said second knife toward one edge and then the other of the first knife in alter-' hate reciprocations. I

11. In a machine of the kind described, means for supporting a welt-strip to be cut, means for holding. said welt-strip, cutting mechanism, a reciprocating carrier, a knifeblock and knife secured thereto, a second knife and arm carrying the same and mounted on said carrier to cooperate with said firstmentioned knife, and means for moving said too second knife toward one edge and then the j other of the first knife in alternate reciprocations.

12. In a machine of the kind described,

a Welt-strip support, feeding mechanism, a

reciprocating carrier provided with two knives angularly arranged to each other, one of said knives being pivotally mounted on said carrier, and a'cam device automatically operated by the reciprocation of said carrier for swinging said pivoted knife alternately out and in.

13. In a machine of the kind described, a welt-strip support, feeding mechanism, a reciprocating carrier provided with two knives angularly arranged to each other, one of said knives being pivotally mounted on said carrier, a cam device automatically operated by the reciprocation of said carrier for swinging said pivoted knife alternately out and in, and means for varying the swing of said pivoted knife.

14:. In a machine of the kind described, reciprocating welt-cutting mechanism, a worksupport, and means for intermittingly feeding the welt-strip for successive cuts, and automatic means for clamping the welt-strip at the opposite sides of the cutters for each cutting operation and thereafter releasing it.

15. In a machine of the kind described, reciprocating welt-cutting mechanism, a worksupport, means for intermittingly feeding the welt-strip for successive cuts, and means for holding the welt-strip under tension for each cutting operation.

16. In a machine of the kind described, reciprocating welt-cutting mechanism, a Worksupport, having a curved surface, beneath said welt-cutting mechanism, and automatic intermitting clamping means for alternately clamping and releasing the welt-strip on said curved surface for each cut.

17. In a machine of the kind described, reciprocating welt-cutting mechanism, a rotary work-support opposite said cutting mechanism for the latter to out against, a rotary feeding device, and clamping means for holding said work-supportstation ary during each cutting operation, the work being carried and cut on said rotary support, said support and feeding device rotating in unison for feeding said strip between them.

18. In a machine of the kind described, reciprocating welt-cu tters, a work-support having its supportingsurface extending obliquely to said cutters at the point of impact of the latter thereon, clamping means for hold ing the leather strip immovably on said worksupport when being cut, and means for releasing said clamping means from said leather at other times.

19. In a machine of the kind described, reciprocating welt-cutting mechanism, a worksupport, a longitudinal guide for directing a leather strip beneath said cutting mechanism, a cutting-surface for receiving and supporting the leather strip in said guide, said outting-surface consisting of material, substan-' tially as described, capable of supporting the strip unyieldingly and yet permitting the cutters to make a clean cut through the leather, and means for moving said cutting-surface and leather strip forward step by step for successive cuts.

20. In a machine of the kind described, reciprocatingcuttingmechanism,arotary worksupport having a peripheral guideway for engaging the edges of a leather strip and guiding the same to be cut, a removable cuttingsurface in the bottom of said guideway, and means for removably clamping said cuttingsurface on said rotary support, means for clamping the work while being cut and holding said support stationary, and feeding mechanism for feeding the work.

21. In a machine of the kind described, reciprocating cutting mechanism, a curved work-support, means operating on the leather strip at one side of said cutting mechanism for pulling the leather strip forward to be cut, and means operating on the strip at the other side of said cutting mechanism for retarding or preventing free forward movement of the leather strip.

22. In a machine of the kind described, a reciprocating cutting mechanism, a movable work-support, a clamp at one side of said outting mechanism for clamping the Work on said work-support, and a feed device at the other side of said cutting mechanism, said feed device pressing directly on the work and moving the work and work-support forward for successive cuts.

23. In a machine of the kind described, a reciprocating cutting mechanism, a work-support for supporting a leather strip to be cut, and feeding mechanism, including means positively holding said work unremittingly in forward position and intermittingly feeding the same.

24. In a machine of the kind described, a reciprocating cutting mechanism, a work-support for supporting a leather strip to be cut, feeding mechanism, including means positively holding said work unremittingly in forward position and intermittingly feeding the same, and means for varying the extent of feed.

25. In a machine of the kind described, a rotary work-support, welt-cutting mechanism, including a reciprocating carrier, weltfeeding mechanism, including a roll yieldingly pressed toward said rotary support, the welt-strip being clamped between the two, said carrier having an arm projecting therefrom, and said feeding mechanism having a ratchet device provided with a link connected to said arm for being intermittingly operated thereby.

26. In a machine of the kind described, a rotary worksupport, welt-cutting mechanism, including a reciprocating carrier, weltfeeding mechanism, including a roll yieldingly pressed toward said rotary support, the welt-strip being clamped between the two, said carrier having an arm projecting therefrom, and said feeding mechanism having a ratchet device provided with a link connected to said arm for being intermittingly operated thereby, said link and arm having a provision for lost motion, and an adjustable stop device in connection with said ratchet device having an adjustable stop for limiting the feeding operation thereof.

27. In a machine of the kind described, a cutting mechanism, a rotary work-su pport for carrying a leather strip to said cutting mech anism, a feeding mechanism, including a feedroll held yieldingly in pressing rotative relation with said rotary work-support,the leather strip being passed between the work-support and feed-roll, and means for instantly sepaagainst said work-support and mechanism for rating said work-support and feed-roll for inpermitting the same to yield, when in clamptroducing a fresh strip of leather to be cut. ing position, for different thicknesses of 28. In amachine of thekind described, Weltleather strips. 15 5 cutting mechanism, a work-support for guid- In testimony whereof I have signed my ing a leather strip to be cut thereon, a clampname to this specification in the presence of ing device for clamping said leather strip on two subscribing witnesses.

said support, said clamping device including WILLIAM B. ARNOLD. automatic means for intermittingly operating Witnesses: 1 lo the same, said clamping device being clamped GEO. H. MAXWELL,

when said cutting mechanism is cutting W'. C. HENSER. 

